Efficiency Ratings: Wofford

Joshua A. Capers

12/30/2011

As the team goes through the season, we'll track its efficiency game by game to give the fans a more in-depth look at production. South Carolina was able to knock off Wofford despite its top two efficient players struggling. Check it out to see how it was done.

A quick way NBA coaches measure a player's game performance is by evaluating his efficiency. In order to find a player's efficiency the following formula is used:

Who had the better game? Using the NBA formula player B, who hit five of eight shots and committed two turnovers registered a +20 efficiency total while Player A who missed 17 shots and had four turnovers had just a +11 rating.

Notes: Damontre Harris doesn't score much, but he's effective and efficient. He led the Gamecocks with a rating of 18. ... Bruce Ellington made a huge swing in his rating as he was +20 in efficiency from last game. ... South Carolina was able to pick up the win despite its two leaders in efficiency totaling a rating of 6. ... Malik Cooke's average fell from 15 to 13.7 on the season after his worst performance thus far. ... South Carolina shot 11 of 20 from 3 (55 percent) and 9 of 25 from (36 percent) from inside the arch. ... The team was able to put together 14 assists, but it also had 13 turnovers.